Potato slicer or the like



Dec. 31, 1929.

C. J. F ROEHLE POTATO SLICER OR THE LIKE Filed May 31, 1928 Patented Dec. 31, 1929 UNETED gTATES CHARLES J. FROEHLE, OF DAYTON, OHIO POTATO SLICEB OR THE LIKE Application filed May 31,

This invention relates to improvements in potato slicers, having particular reference to a device for slicing potatoes for making potato chips.

Potato chips having become a stable food product, there is a demand for a simple, inexpensive potato slicer for domestic use.

To this end the invention herein set forth consists in an improved potato slicer which can be manufactured at a low cost and sold at a popular price, and which will meet household requirements.

In the accompanying drawings which serve for illustrating the invention:

Fig. 1 is a View in side elevation of the improved potato slicer;

Figs. 26 are detail views of the mechanism, Fig. 2 being taken on line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 on line 33 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 on line H of Fig. 6 and Fig. 5 on line 55 of is shown in the drawings, the device consists in a one piece frame 1, having a clamp screw 2 and presenting a shoulder 3 and a concavical recess 4 each adapted to coact with the screw for securing the device to the edge of a table, the recess 4 being adapted to the rolled or beaded edge of enameled table tops.

Brackets 6, 7 and 8 are extended upward from the base 5 of the frame for supporting the several parts of the mechanism. The slicer blade 9 is secured to bracket 6 by a screw 10 and is extended upward over the inner face of the bracket, the blade being slightly inclined for presenting its cutting edge at a suitable angle for slicing the potato at the depth of the cut for which the blade is adjusted. A concavical clearance space 11 is provided on the side of bracket 6 adjacent the cutting edge of the blade for permitting the sliced portion of potato to pass free of the bracket in an outwardly curling movement.

The upper end of the slicer blade is apertured for receiving a stem 12 which acts to maintain the blade in vertical alignment, the

stem serving more particularly for supporting the potato in a rotatable movement during the slicing operation.

A threaded stem 13 supported in unthreaded bearings 14 in the upper ends of brackets 1928. Serial No. 281,649.

78, slightly larger in diameter than the stem which permits of sliding the stem axially when it is otherwise disengaged. Feeding action of the stem is effected by means of a split threaded bearing 15 supported on a stem 16 and spring tensioned against stem 13 by a spring 17. Stem 16 is slidably sup ported in the base frame member 5 and is provided at its lower end with a finger piece 18 for moving bearing 15 free of stem 13 thus permitting free axial movement of the stem in bearings 14, stem 13 being suitably bent at its outer end for forming a handle 19 for imparting both rotatable and axial movement to the stem.

A pronged head 20 is fixed on the inner end of stem 13 for engaging the opposite end or side of the potato for rotating the potato on stem 12 in a feeding action against the slicer blade 9, the degree of the feed or thickness of the out being determined by the pitch of the threaded portion of stem 13, the head being apertured as indicated at 21 for receiving the end of stem 12 to permit of slicing all of the potato.

I claim as my invention:

1. A vegetable slicer including a slicer blade, opposite smooth bearings, a threaded stem operable rotatably and slidably in said bearings, having a member at the inner end thereof for supporting a vegetable, a threaded spring tensioned bearing between the smooth bearings operably connected with said stem for efiecting a rotatable and axial feeding movement of said stem for moving the vegetable relative to the slicer blade, and a slidable finger piece connected to the hearing for disengaging the same from said stem for permitting sliding of the stem in its inverse axial movement.

2. A vegetable slicer including a slicer blade, opposite smooth bearings, a threaded stem operable rotatably and slidably in said bearings, having a member at the inner end thereof for supporting a vegetable, a segmental threaded bearing spanning the space between the smooth bearings and operably connected with said stem for effecting a rotatable and axial feeding movement of said stem for moving the vegetable relative to the slicer blade, and a spring-tensioned finger Eiece acting normally to hold the segmental eating in engagement with said stem and operable for disengaging the split bearing therewith for permitting sliding of the stem in its inverse axial, movement.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my si nature.

CHARLES J. F ROE LE. 

